{"id":9488,"date":"2010-05-04T22:36:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T22:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/vanuatus-bokissa-island-resort-one-of-worlds-best-50-2\/"},"modified":"2010-05-04T22:36:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-04T22:36:00","slug":"vanuatus-bokissa-island-resort-one-of-worlds-best-50-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2010\/05\/vanuatus-bokissa-island-resort-one-of-worlds-best-50-2\/","title":{"rendered":"VANUATU\u2019S BOKISSA ISLAND RESORT ONE OF \u201cWORLD\u2019S BEST 50\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"97\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/S-Chbmfl9eI\/AAAAAAAAKAE\/Lg08WY7Xwis\/s400\/bokissa_private_island_resort+rs-790151.jpg\" width=\"400\"><br \/>Bokissa Private Island Resort is the only hotel or resort in Vanuatu to feature in popular TV travel show Getaway&#8217;s just-announced list of the 50 Best Hotel Rooms in the World.<\/p>\n<p>Properties in the program ranged from the world&#8217;s most expensive, those with the best penthouses and best views, to what the program rated as the world&#8217;s best villas, wilderness resorts, lodges, &#8216;old school retreats&#8217; and the best over-water resorts in &#8220;big cities, on tiny islands and everywhere else in-between.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although rated as luxury, Bokissa Private Island Resort was included in the program&#8217;s Best Cheap Sleeps section with presenter Kelly Landry pointing out that it&#8217;s sixteen far\u00e9s &#8220;have absolute beach frontage and are air-conditioned if the nights are a little too balmy for comfort&#8230; ensuite, vanity and mini-bar and can be configured from single accommodation up to quad-share.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And she said the 25m freshwater pool with swim-up bar was the resort&#8217;s centrepiece, with &#8220;the upper deck providing sea-gazing during the day and star-gazing at night,&#8221; and that on Bokissa &#8220;shoes are optional, jackets and ties are not allowed, and meals are served to the toll of the island drum.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 70ha rainforest, beach and reef resort is a 20-minute private boat trip from Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu&#8217;s north, approximately 55-minutes flying time from capital Port Vila.<\/p>\n<p>For information about holidaying on Bokissa Private Island Resort see travel agents or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bokissa.com\/\">www.bokissa.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ADDITIONAL ISLAND INFORMATION: The family-owned Bokissa Private Island Resort provides a luxury island holiday experience for those simply seeking to escape the rat-race, honeymooners and scuba-divers \u2013 its coral reefs are considered the most accessible, luxuriant and undisturbed shallow water reefs in Vanuatu, and unequalled in most parts of the South Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>Dining features the freshest seafoods, famous Santo beef (that&#8217;s exported to Japan,) and garden-fresh vegetables and fruits. 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